Combination tool



'April 21, 1925. 1,534,923

' W. M. DAVIDSON COMBINATION TOOL Filed Jan. 17, 1924 Patented Apr. 21, 1925. I UNITED? STATES 1,534,923 PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM M. DAVIDSON, or EASTVIEW, KENTUCKY, .ASSIGNOR oro'nn-nanr T0 MARSHALL OHNSON, OF EASTVIEW, KENTUCKY.

' COMBINATION TOOL.

Application filed January.17, 1924. Serial No. 686,842.

To all whomz't may concern:

Be it known that I, lVILLiAM MrDAvInson, a citizen of the United States, residing at ,Eastview, in the county ofHardin and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combina' tion Tools; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description'of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present disclosure relates to combination tools; and it is the main object of the invention to provide a simple, inexpensive, and easily operated tool to efi'ectively apply wire bands for securing automobile radiator and other hoses, for repairing broken handles, and generally for applying wire bands wherever their use is desirable.

Another object is to provide a device which will not only form a band from a wire bent into U-shape, but may be used for cutting off the ends of the wire and flattening the remaining wire ends against the work.

Still another object is to provide a tool in which two different work-producing devices are disposed at opposite ends of a shank, and a single manually operable memher is movable along said shank and co-operable with both devices.

Yet another object is to provide an exceptionally efficient wire cutting or other jawequipped tool which is operated by movement of a member (preferably threaded) along a shank.

lVith the foregoing in view, the invention resides in the novel subjectanattcr hereinafter described and claimed, the description being supplemented by the accompanying drawing.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a tool constructed in accordance with the invention, showing the use of the same for applying a wire band; and

Fig. 2 is a plan view showing the manner of using the invention in cutting wire.

In the drawing above briefly described which illustrates the preferred form of construction, the numeral 1 designates straight shank which in the present disclosure is threaded. Sw ied upon one end of the shank 1, I have ted a wireanchoring head 2 whose front end is formed with a transverse. groove 3 to receive the connecting portion 4' of a piece of wire bent into U-shape, after the ends of the wire have been passed around an object to be banded, as illustrated in Fig. 1. A. wirerstretching block 5 is shown threaded upon the shank 1, and this block is preferably provided with outstanding wings 6. which can be easily grasped by hand. What is normally the upper, sideof the block 5 is provided with a pair of tapered wire-anchoring studs 7, while the opposite side and the rear side of said block are formed with transverse V-shaped wire-holding grooves 8. After engaging the wire with the work as shown in Fig. 1, the end portions of said wire are engaged with the grooves 8 and anchored by bending them around the studs 7 Then by turning the shank 1 through the block 5, by means of a suitable operating handle 9 provided for that purpose. it will be seen that the wire will be tightly stretched around the work. Then the entire tool may be swung upwardly to bend the end portions of the wire around the connecting portion 4 to anchor andcomplete the hand. Then by turning the shank in the proper direction, the wire may be quickly loosened from the block 5. The construction described below may then be used for cutting off the end portions of the wir and flattening the remaining end portions around the connecting portion 4:. I

In the preferred form of construction, the handle 9 is in the form of a transverse head secured upon the end of the shank 1 remote from the head 2, and I have shown one end of this head provided with a jaw 10 which is co-operable with a movable jaw 11, this movable jaw being here shown as formed.

on one end of a pivoted operating arm-12. the pivot 13 of this arm being carried the head 9. The arm 12 extends across the shank 1 in position to be operated the block 5 when the latter is threaded i-nthe proper direction along the shank, as will be clear by reference to Fig. 2. Preferably, a thrust collar 14 is loosely mounted upon the shank for interposition betweenthe block 5 and the arm 12, when the latter is being operated. It will be seen that whena wire is positioned between the jaws 10 and 11 and the block 5 is threaded forcibly alongthe shank 1, the wire will be easily cut. Thus the ends of the wire above referred to, may

i be cut simply byreversing the tool, after disconnecting it from the wire. a i

The end of the head 9, remote from the jaw 10, is preferably formed with a hammer head '15 which maybe used in flattening the wire ends upon the work afterthe wire cutting operation is completed. In -the construction shown, a narrow neck portion 16 connects the hammer head with the re-.

mainder of the head 9, and the free end of the I arni12 is laterally curved as indicated at 17 to engage said neck, when said arm is folded against one side of the head'9 as shown in Fig. l.- V 1 l It will be seen from the foregoing that a simple and inexpensive, yet an efficient and claimed, numerous changes may be made. Also,.1tw1ll be seen that certain :novel associations of parts are not necessarily restricted to use in connection with the other parts herein disclosed. i v I l,

' Awire banding'tool comprising a threaded shank,a head swiveled on one end of said shank and having in its front end a transverse groove to receive the connecting portion of a U-shaped piece of wire, and a wire-stretching block threaded on said shank and having a pail-of wire-anchoring studs at one side, the opposite side and the rear side of said block having transverse V-shaped wire-holding grooves inwhichthe end portions of the ,WII'E', are disposed before engaging them with said studs. 3

In testimony whereofI have hereuntoaffixed my signature. i l WILLIAM M. DAVIDSON. 

